Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35945, John Fleece, Continental Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Continental Va.
Fleece, John
S. 35945 B.L. Wt. 1696-100.
CONTENTS

6277. Kentucky
Capt John Pleece Bell Va
of Lincoln Co in the state of Kentucky who was a private in the 4 Virginia regt regiment commanded by and afterwards in Lee's Legion Colonel of the line, for the term of the War
inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 12 of August 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 of Feb 1818 and sent to Hon. Geo. Robinson House of Representatives U.S.
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1818 6.22 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 March 1819 48.
$ 54.22
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Date of death not on a D

State of Kentucky. Lincoln County & Kent. John Fleece formerly a soldier in a Revolutionary war with Great Britain being advanced in years in humble circumstances & unable to labour in consequence of several severe & desperate wounds which he recd during his service is desirous of obtaining the benefit of the act of Congress of the United States made for the relief of the surviving soldiers & officers of the Revolutionary War. states that in the month of September as well as he recollects in the year 1775 he being then only 17 years of age enlisted in the United States service at Winchester Frederick County Virgi- nia as a private in the Company of Capt Isaac Bell in the fourth Virginia Regiment which with the twelfth formed the brigade commanded by Genl Scott - the fourth Regt was commanded by Col Stevens that soon after his enlistment he marched to Trenton & there joined Genl Washington that he was in the battle of Trenton at the taking of the Hessians, the Battles of Prince- town, Brandywine, Germantown, the battle

of Monmouth, that soon after the battle of Monmouth he obtained permission to join Col Sees legion of horse, that while he was attached to this Legion he was in all the skirmishes and fights by that Legion that two days before the battle of Blorehead twenty men were detached from the Legion under Capt John Armstrong of which he was one, that while at Wemmersley they were attacked by Genl Farlton, that Farlton in person attacked him, & after a severe conflict Farlton got this respondent with his sword on the forehead part of his head quite thro' the skull when he fell from his horse & Capt John Armstrong himself rescued him & had him carried by four men on a blanket to a house at some distance, that three or four days after - that is after the Battle of Blorehead the English took him pris- oner & had him carried to Gullford C. D. where he remained 16 Days during which his sufferings were extreme that he was then Parolled & again joined the Legion, but his health continuing to be very indifferent Col See gave him a furlough without limit in hopes that his health might be restored

but his wounds continuing sometimes to enfeeble him the war was closed & the Legion dismissed & he did not again join them, & this was the reason he had no regular discharge. for a further ac- count & confirmation of his services in the Legion he begs to refer to the attached Arbi- cates & to Genl. Armstrong, to whose bravery & humanity as above related he was in debted for his life when attacked by Carlton he states that he recurred from Col Lee his furlough as above stated about three months before the close of the War, that he is now 61 years of age in humble cir- cumstances unable to labour & in need of assistance from his Country.
Kentucky Lincoln Circuit Court Set.
At a Circuit Court held for the County of Lincoln before the honorable Thos Montgomery the Circuit Judge. on Wednesday the 12th day of August 1898.
John Fleece an applicant for a pension made oath to a statement in writing which was filed; the court after hearing the statement & interrogating the said Fleece is of opinion that he has stated the facts correctly.
Therefore it is ordered that the said

Statement together with the above expression of this Court's opinion be Copied & Certified to the Secretary of the War Department of the United States.
Kentucky Lincoln Circuit Court.
I Thomas Helm Clerk of the Lincoln Circuit Court do hereby Certify that the foregoing are true Copies of the written statement of John Steele, which was sworn to & filed in my office, & of the order made by the Circuit Court aforesaid, in relation thereto. In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this 22 nd of August 1818. I affix the seal of my office hereto Tho Helm
Capt Saml Gile states that he knows that John Steele enlisted as a state in his foregoing petition in the fall 1778 in the Regular service of the United States on Continental establishment and knows that he served in the Regular Army as a private soldier at least four years —
Saml Gile { W. 8882 Ruth.
Admitted
Hon Mr Robertson of Kentucky
H of Ref my D.O. Recd Nov 20. 1818

John Fleece N o 1696

State of Kentucky Lincoln County, ss.
This day John Flecca came before me a Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid and made oath that he enlisted under Capt. Bell an officer of the Virginia State troops in the Virginia line in the year 1775 and served four years in the fourth Virginia Regiment, except about eighteen months of the four years he served and acted as a gunner in the artillery commanded he thinks by Capt. Sergent in Brans Regiment of Artillery, and whilst in the artillery service he was in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown; he states also that during the four years service above mentioned he was in the battles of Trenton, Princeton and Monmouth, besides a great many skirmishes. He states that after his term of service above expired, he enlisted in the Continental Service and served until the end of the War in Lee's Legion an account of which is made out and filed in the Pension office at Washington to which he refers he being now a Pensioner on account of said service. He states that he received a wound at the Battle of Guilford or Cattun when  he recd the wound in a reconnaissance party about two days before the Main Battle was fought but was on the ground on the day of the Battle, and was taken prisoner and kept sixteen days when he was paroled after that he entered the service again and continued until the end of the War. He states that he has never received any Land or Land Warrant either from the State of Virginia or the United States for the above service. Given under my hand as a Justice of the Peace aforesaid this 28 th Day of October 1820 L. Newton J.P. & C
State of Kentucky Lincoln County, ss.
I do hereby authorize John Kim Richard Rep. from the District in Congress to obtain for me the Land Warrants to which I am entitled for the services mentioned in the above affida- vit, and to receipt for the same to the proper officer in Virginia and the United States, and to exchange said Warrants for cash under the provisions of the act of Congress at the last session hereby ratifying whatever my said attorney may do in the premises intending to give him full power for me and in my name to do the above business. Given under my hand this 28 th Day of October 1820. The said Richard is also authorized to draw for me any legals debt I am entitled to from the United States with the interest.
Test. L. Newton
John Richard

State of Kentucky Lincoln County court Clerk's office I Thomas Helms Clerk of the Lincoln County court in the State of Kentucky do hereby certify that Joseph Henson esquire before whom the within affidavit was made is an acting justice of the peace in Lincoln County state of Kentucky duly Commissioned & qualified that full faith & credit is to be given to his official acts and I do further certify that on the day of the attestation hereof the within Power of attorney from said Henson to John Henson was presented to me in my office & acknowledged before me by the said John Henson to be his act & deed for the purposes therein mentioned. An testimony whereof
I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of my office this 22nd day of October 1830. Thomas Helms. C. L. Co. W.

May 31, 1932
John Fleece-S.35945
BA-J/EEI
Mr. Hugh B. Fleece 815 Inter Southern Building Louisville, Kentucky
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter relative to John Fleece, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
John Fleece enlisted in Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia, in September, 1775, served eight months as a private in Captain Isaac Beall's Company, Colonel Stephen's Fourth Virginia Regiment, at the end of which time he was promoted sergeant, re-enlisted and served three years in same regiment, except for eighteen months when he served as a gunner in Captain Sargent's Company, Colonel Crane's Regiment of Artillery. He was in the battles of Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth and in many skirmishes. After the expiration of the above service, he enlisted, exact date not given, served in Captain Egleston's Company, Colonel Lee's Legion of Horse and was in many skirmishes; on March 13, 1781, he was detached and went on a reconnoitering party under Captain Armstrong; they met and were attacked by Tarlton, who, himself, inflicted a severe wound on the said John Fleece, striking him with his sword which cut through his skull on the fore part of his head. He was rescued by Captain Armstrong who had him taken to a place of safety but in a few days he was discovered by the enemy and captured, taken to Guilford Court House, where he remained for sixteen days when paroled. After his recovery, he returned to his company, was given a furlough by General Lee and remained on furlough to the close of the war.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 12, 1818, at which time he was aged sixty-one years. Said application was made in Lincoln County, Kentucky, where he was living in 1828, at which time he was referred to as John Fleece, Senior.
There are no data as to his family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.
I put all battles together as I could not tell in which service they occurred
Capt. Armstrong's name first occurs as John Fleece James and as I could not determine which it was, omitted the christian name.
Date of death not on AB

35 945
INVALID.
Parry
File No. 35 945
John Fleece His Rev. dad
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: —Vol. 2 , Page 69
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1919 Sept. 15. History to Nannie Lou Goulding. P.
1932 - May 31 - Hist. to Mr Hugh B Fleece Esq.

1.1 Act 1828
Settled at
Treasury
now with
Maliv file
# 35,945

John H. Lee, Affidavit for Pension

State of Kentucky Lincoln County Set
1203
For the purpose of obtaining the amount of for two years back pay and also pay accruing to me for the half year ending on the 2 nd day of September 1828 under the Act entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution" approved 15 th May 1828 I John Steele Sen r of Lincoln County in the State of Kentucky do hereby declare that I was at first enlisted as a private in the Army of the Revolution by Captain Isaac Bell of the 4 th Virginia Regiment and served in that rank for eight months when I was promoted to the rank of Sergeant to rank as such from the end of my first enlistment aforesaid. That at that time I enlisted and served as Sergeant for three years in the same Regiment - That at the end of said three years he enlisted for and during the war in Lee's Legion of horse and served accordingly in Captain Eggleston's Troop being the third Troop to the end of the War in the Continental Line. I further state that evidence of my aforesaid services may be

be found an file in the War Office among the papers of my application for a pension under the law of in which application I was successful and for sometime received a Pension, but was afterwards stricken from the Roll of Pensioners, in conse- quence of owning more than two hundred dollars worth of property - Witness my hand this 13 day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight John Fleece
Before me a Justice of the Peace for the County of Lincoln in the State of Kentucky personally appeared this day Robert Fleece and Henry Barkan of the said County who did severally make oath that John Fleece Sen d by whom the foregoing declaration was made and subscribed is well known to them to be the person therein described and that he is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier of the Revolution as above set forth in said Decla- -ration, and that said declaration was made and subscribed by the said John Fleece Sen d on the day of the date thereof

Witness my hand this 13 day of October in the year One thousand eight hundred and twenty eight — S. Hunter P. L. B.
I Thomas Helms Clerk of the Court of the County of Lincoln in the State of Kentucky do hereby certify that Logan Winton Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn was at the time a Justice of the Peace for the said County and duly empowered to administer Oaths
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court this 13 th day of October in the year One thousand eight hundred and twenty eight
Thomas Helms Clerk Lincoln County Court
Left at Louisville at Harrodsburg Ken.

John Hove
Coventry
11111

Boon County Kentucky.-
This Day Came Joseph Brann
Before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for Boon County, and made Oath that He the said Joseph Brann served Five years in Lee's Legion of Light Dragoons, in the 2 d . troop and was well acquainted with John Fleece of said Legion in the 3 d . Troop, and that on the 18 th day of march in the year 1781, two days Previous to the Battle at Guilford Courthouse North Carolinah, the said John Fleece was Ordered out on a Detachment under Capt. James Armstrong, of the first Troop, they fell in with the British Horse. Commanded by Col. Carlton who Wounded the said Fleece Deeply in the Head, and left him on the ground for dead, a Party of the Detachment Return'd and Carried him to a house, and left him, after night, and a days after the above Battle the English Troops found him out and took him Prisoner to Guilford Court house, and when they march said Fleece not being able to march they Paroled and Left him and further said Brann saith that said Fleece was then sent to a Place of Safety to be Cured of his wounds and was some few months Absent from the Legion, and Return'd to his duty, and that after being some few months with the Legion, the said Fleece Received a Furlough without date, from the Commanding Officer and was sent home, and further said Brann saith that he then understood, said Fleece's wounds Rendered him Entirely unfit for Service, which was the Reason of his Dismissment and further said Brann saith that it was supposed by some

In the Legion that said Phoebe was in some measure deranged at times, and gives it as his opinion that Phoebe's wounds must be detrimental to him in doing Hard Labour
Thus dispossessed sworn to No. 26 th 1804
Nyasi Thorne

No. of Original payment 922
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
12 Nov 1828.
John Fleece Sen of Lincoln in the State of Kentucky has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in captain Eggleston 's company, in Col Lees  regiment of the Legion line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, Nothing.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary F. Adkins
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
Nov 13 th 1828
does not
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to John Fleece  private in the  Lees Legion
It further appears that John Fleece - - - not is now on the pension list of the  any - - - - - agency, and has been so since the 3 rd March 1826  at the rate of  dollars per month.
Peter Hagner

General Land Office February 6 th 1829.
The name of John Fleece Senior does not appear on the list of Warrants issued by the Register of the Land Office at Richmond Virginia, so far as they have been received.
G. W. Graham Commissioner

Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
26 Feb 1829.
The annexed paper, relating to the claim of John Fleace under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether it appears, by any records in the War Department, that the claimant has received, or is entitled to receive, the bounty in land granted by Congress for service in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution.
Richard Rush
The Hon. the SECRETARY OF WAR.
War Depart: Bounty land Offi
By the records of this Office it does not appear that John Fleace has received or is entitled to receive bounty land of the United States as a private or non commissioned officer of the Virg a line - But it appears by them that John Fleace as a private of the Virg a line is entitled to receive bounty land of the United States.
Robert Taylor 26 Feb 1829

Heed Greenwood to B Power B @ Money G Robertson
Power of Atty -

Know men by these presents that we John Steele & Battle Greenwood of Lincoln County Kentucky as by these presents nominate constitute & appoint the honorable George Robertson a Representative in Congress from Kentucky, our attorney in fact for us & in our names to receive from the honorable Secretary of War of the United States or from any other Officer appointed by Gov- ernment for that purpose, the amount of money which may be allowed to us as pensioners under the Government, for services performed by us as Soldiers in the Revolutionary War with great Britain, and we do hereby authorize & empower our said Attorney to do & perform every act which may be necessary to be done in the premises and he is hereby authorized for us & in our names to execute any receipt or acquittance which may be necessary.
In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names this 2nd day of August 1848.
John Steele
Battle Greenwood Contl + Va - W. 3013.

Kentucky Lincoln County Set.
I Thomas Helm Clerk of the Lincoln County Court do hereby certify that John Steele and Paul Lee Greenwood personally appeared before me in my office & acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be their act & Deed.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of my office hereto this 22 nd day of August 1878. Thomas Helm Clerk.

Mr. S...
Boston, Mass..
Aug. 29, '19.
Commissioner of Pensions. Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Please send to my address an abstract of the Revolutionary service of John Fleece who was pensioned under Act. of 1818 at that time a resident of Lincoln Co. N.Y. Served in the Virginia Continental Line.
Very truly Harrison L. Goubling,
Boston, Mass.
"Genl. Del".

Rev. War Section.
3-1865
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON
September 15, 1919.
Nannie Lou Goulding, General Delivery, Boston, Massachusetts.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the twenty-ninth ultimo, relative to the pension claim of John Fleece Senior, S. File No. 35,945 Rev. War, you are advised that in the papers in his claim it is stated that at the age of seventeen years, he enlisted at Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia, in September, 1775, in Captain Isaac Bell's company, Colonel Stephens' 4th Virginia regiment, was in the battle of Trenton at the taking of the Hessians and the battle of Princeton; served eight months as a Private and then he re-enlisted for three years and served as a Sergeant in the same regiment, excepting about eighteen months as a Gunner in Captain Sargent's company of Colonel Crane's regiment of Artillery, and that he was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth.
At the expiration of the above term of service in the 4th Virginia regiment, he enlisted in Captain Eggleston's 3rd troop of Colonel Lee's Legion of Horse, and was in all of the skirmishes sustained by that Legion (not specified). That on March 13, 1781, two days before the battle of Guilford, he was attached to Captain John Armstrong's 1st troop, and while on a reconnoitre, they fell in with the British Horse under Colonel Tarleton who attacked him (John Fleece) personally, inflicted a severe sword wound in his head and left him for dead. When he fell from his horse, Captain John Armstrong rescued him and had him carried to a house some distance off .
After the battle of Guilford, he was discovered by the British who carried him a prisoner to Guilford Court House, but as he was not able to march with them, they paroled him after sixteen days.
He was then sent to a place of safety to be cared for, and afterwards rejoined Lee's regiment for the rest of the war.
John Fleece was allowed pension on his application executed August 12, 1818, while sixty-one years of age and a resident of Lincoln County, Kentucky.
There is no family data on file.
Very respectfully,
E. C. Nieman Acting Commissioner.
(Check B- all)

May 13/32
Please give me a digest of the records in file no 235945, John Fleece, pensioned as a private in the Revolutionary army.
Sincerely
Hugh B Fleece 815 Inter Southern Bldg Louisville Ky